A fight for survival against torrential flooding and local superstition from the Queen of Historical Fiction.

Somerset, 1616. When Fortune Sharpe carves a boat from a tree with her beloved brother, Jem, she’s only having a bit of fun. But now is not the time for a girl to be drawing attention to herself and she is sent away to find work dressed as a boy. Luckily a rich manor house is hiring.
Yet Berrow Hall’s inhabitants harbour dangerous secrets of their own; the suspicious owner is hunting for witches and the house itself is a little too close to the sea …

‘I like the way she just wove interesting ideas and historical facts into an entertaining and gripping storyline.’The Guardian

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